the mexican war
From the research detected in the articles and in the book, both the U.S. and Mexico are at fault for the start of the Mexican War.In 1820, some Americans led by Stephen Austin went to Texas to settle. The Mexican Government said they could settle there as long as they obeyed two laws, one was to pay the Mexican taxes and the other was to convert their religion to Catholicism. By 1833, there were about 35,000 American settlers in Texas. They weren't obeying the laws either. The Mexican government was against the Texas settlers bringing slaves into Texas, but the Americans did anyways because they didn't want to waste $1,000. Santa Anna the new dictator of Mexico began to clamp down on the Texas settlers and threatened to use Military force to make the Americans obey the laws. In 1836, Santa Anna led several thousand troops to meet the 150 Americans and the Americans had to take refuge inside t
paid Mexico $10 million for land south of the Gila River. regarded war with indifference, while Mexico had inability to inflict serious injury upon it. wanted the Rio Grande as the boundary. On March 9, 1847 10,000 soldiers prepared to stage the first ever Amphibious assault (an amphibious assault is one made by water instead of land), and by March 29, the U. The Americans headed for the capitol of Mexico, and on September 14, gained control of the Capitol. has ever gained another countries Capitol.
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